CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY THIRD COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. RA-19-3 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Cynthia D. Borrego, Ken Sanchez
RULES AMENDMENT
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Amending The City Council Rules Of Procedure, Article III, Section 7, Dealing With The “Amendments/Floor Substitutes” Provisions Of City Council Procedures (Borrego, Sanchez)
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BE IT APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. Article III, Section 7 of the City of Albuquerque City Council Rules of Procedure is hereby amended as follows:
“Section 7. Amendments/Floor Substitutes. Any bill may be amended or substituted, provided, however, that any bill that is on Final Action before the Council and that is substituted may not be acted upon at the meeting in which it is substituted. Floor substitutes for bills approving bonds or other financing instruments are exempted from this restriction, as are floor substitutes for the operating budget and the capital improvements program. Amendments and [floor] substitutes for the operating budget and capital improvements program shall have special procedures. Any [amendment to committee substitutes for] the operating budget or capital improvements program [shall require submission must be submitted] to Council staff [five (5) working days and distributed to Councilors twenty-four (24) hours] prior to [the next meeting of the] Committee-of-the-Whole mark-up and two (2) working days prior to final adoption]. [The Floor substitutes for the operating budget or capital improvements program will not be considered after the Committee of the Whole moves the bill to the full Council. Any committee or floor] amendments shall be distributed to all Councilors [prior to each meeting. Any floor substitute for the operating budget and capital improvements program shall require submission to Council staff three (3) working days prior to final adoption and shall be made available to all Councilors twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting at which the substitute bill will be heard by 5:00 p.m. on the day of the Committee of the Whole or City Council Meeting where they will be considered].”
SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. If any section, paragraph, word or phrase of this rules amendment is for any reason held to be invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this rules amendment. The Council hereby declares that it would have passed this rules amendment and each section, paragraph, sentence, clause, word or phrase thereof irrespective of any provision being declared unconstitutional or otherwise invalid.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This rules amendment shall take effect immediately upon adoption.